National social spaces as adjustment variables in the EMU: A critical legal appraisal |
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| Authors: | Francesco Costamagna |
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| Institution: | University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto. I would like to thank Matthias Goldmann, Agustin Menéndez, Alberto Miglio, Stefano Montaldo, Stefano Saluzzo, Harm Schepel, Andrea Spagnolo and Anna Viterbo for their insightful comments on earlier versions of this work. The article has been written in the context of the REScEU project (Reconciling Economic and Social Europe, www.resceu.eu), funded by the European Research Council (grant no. 340534). |
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| Abstract: | The article critically engages with the reconfiguration of the role and status of national social spaces within the EU constitutional fabric after the reform of European economic governance. Its main contention is that these reforms have converted national social spaces into adjustment variables whose main function is to contribute to the pursuit of EMU‐related objectives. This transformation alters the balance between the economic and the social dimension in the EU legal order, deforming one of the defining traits of its constitutional identity. |
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